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Get ready for Blake Hell

Posted on Wednesday, 25 May, 2016Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 by Wansteadium

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We’re just daysthree weeks away from the start of the next round of Blake Hell Road, the 20-week long roadworks which will – it feels fair to say – bring chaos to Aldersbrook and beyond.

The replacement of the “gas governor” – the gas main beneath the road – is the cause of the disruption, but it’s the management of traffic which causes as much frustration as cars, buses and other traffic attempts to enter or leave the junction with Cambridge Park.

National Grid, which is replacing the main, has agreed working hours with Redbridge Council, which are Monday – Friday 7.30am to 6pm, and on Saturday 8am-4pm. There will be no major work on Sundays or overnight.

The work will include

  • Three-way temporary traffic lights being introduced at the junction of Blake Hall Road, Bush Road and Overton Drive for at least eight weeks.
  • Overton Drive itself being closed at the junction of Blake Hall Road from the beginning of August for two months, and the width restrictions on the road will be removed to make sure people can reach their houses.
  • Tennyson Ave being closed for three weeks in October.
  • Felstead Road being closed for three weeks in November.

National Grid is running a drop-in session at Wanstead Library on Tuesday 7 June from 9am to 9pm for people to find out more about the work and to ask questions. Work itself is due to start on 20 June. 

And in the meantime, Wansteadium is delighted to introduce a new Twitter account, @blakehellroad, for a “polite and acccurate” record of the work and the disruption caused. It will be featured on the front page of Wansteadium from today.

So, every other friend I have in Aldersbrook is a builder. How difficult can it be to erect a monorail across Wanstead Park? @blakehellroad

— Martin (@MartinTalbot) May 25, 2016

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15 thoughts on “Get ready for Blake Hell”

  1. Jane Clapton says:
    Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 at 2:45 pm

    😱

  2. Stuart says:
    Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 at 2:26 pm

    Tennyson road? Do they mean Tennyson Avenue?

    1. Wansteadium says:
      Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 at 2:30 pm

      Doh. Yes they do, though that’s not what they said. Now corrected, thanks Stuart

  3. Kim Swatridge says:
    Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 at 3:45 pm

    June 20th no?? I panicked there for a moment!! We’ve a month to go…

  4. Juan Stead says:
    Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 at 3:36 pm

    I’m sure I read somewhere that Blake Hall Road was named after a large house nearby called Bleak Hall. When the old Hall was demolished, they deliberately corrupted the name. Seems it’s about to revert back…

  5. Ross Tomlin says:
    Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 at 4:45 pm

    Janice Wells

  6. Sophie Hussain says:
    Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 at 7:45 pm

    Dreading it already. Bloody nightmare last time and live just off main road

  7. Scott A. Whitehead says:
    Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 at 8:45 pm

    Isn’t it June 20th? That’s weeks away

    1. Wansteadium says:
      Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 at 8:45 pm

      Yes, we say the 20th in the piece.

    2. Scott A. Whitehead says:
      Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 at 8:45 pm

      I see. Why would removing width restrictions ensure people can still reach their houses? Surely they can already reach their houses with the width restriction?

    3. Wansteadium says:
      Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 at 8:45 pm

      Not sure… May be that cars which can’t normally make it through the restrictions near St Mary’s will not have the other way in?? Is that right?

    4. Kim Swatridge says:
      Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 at 8:45 pm

      Scott A. Whitehead that’s my point. Wansteadium you’re saying it’s days away, but it’s a month!!

  8. Janice Wells says:
    Wednesday, 25 May, 2016 at 11:45 pm

    Dreading it – had this for months last year and the road was always gridlocked.

  9. Victoria says:
    Thursday, 26 May, 2016 at 6:19 am

    What about ambulances? I am due to give birth in July. Please tell me I’ll be able to get to hospital…!

  10. GB says:
    Friday, 27 May, 2016 at 10:48 am

    If they mean to remove the width restrictions by St. Mary’s, that’s going to cause other problems in itself, as part of the reason for those is to cut down on maniac speeds on a junction that has lots of scope as a black spot for accidents, including a blind corner where unseen pedestrians need a chance to get across. Disaster waiting to happen if the mess with that end of the ratrun…

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